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Thursday, April 03, 2008 |
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HRSA Awards $12 Million in Grants for Maternal and
Child Health Services and Research
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) today announced
more than $12.1 million in FY 2008 grants to improve newborn hearing
screening for infants, access to health care for mothers and children,
and research to improve their health outcomes.
“These grants illustrate the important role of HRSA-supported
research in improving the health and health care for mothers and their
children,” said HRSA Administrator Elizabeth M. Duke. “About
60 percent of women who give birth each year in America receive services
through programs funded by HRSA's Maternal and Child Health Bureau,
and we are constantly trying to improve the care our funds make possible.”
Today’s funds are awarded from four HRSA programs:
- Seven universities and research organizations will receive three-year
grants worth almost $5.8 million to support a variety of maternal
and child health research projects. Among them are projects that will
study the impact of: reducing tobacco smoke in the homes of infants
who were treated in neonatal intensive care units; using text message
reminders to improve adolescent immunization coverage; and bed-sharing
in assessing risk for sudden infant death syndrome among African-American
infants.
- States will receive 34 grants totaling more than $5 million to improve
the tracking of infants who need follow-up care after newborn hearing
screening. Newborn hearing screening is required in 40 states, but
between 30 percent and 50 percent of infants for whom follow-up services
were indicated cannot be accounted for in state data systems. Evidence
from a recently conducted learning collaborative has shown that nine
small changes -- including getting a second point of contact for the
family and verifying the newborn’s primary care provider or
clinic before parents leave the hospital -- are effective in tracking
infants for follow-up care. All 34 grant recipients will incorporate
one or more of the nine successful strategies.
- Ten universities and research organizations will receive grants
worth nearly $1 million to encourage researchers to use existing secondary
maternal and child health data to improve the health of mothers and
their children and the provision of health care to them.
- Eight community-based organizations will share almost $400,000 in
grants awarded by the Healthy Tomorrows Partnership for Children Program,
which supports strategies to promote access to health care for mothers
and children.
Tables listing grant recipients are found below:
| Maternal
and Child Health External Research (R-40) Program |
|
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount
* |
|
MCG Research Institute, Inc. |
Augusta |
Ga. |
$866,614 |
|
Trustees of Boston College |
Chestnut
Hill |
Mass. |
$862,710 |
|
The Trustees of Columbia University |
New York |
N.Y. |
$567,420 |
|
Oregon Health and Science University |
Portland |
Ore. |
$872,924 |
|
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
Philadelphia |
Pa. |
$841,865 |
|
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston |
Houston |
Texas |
$872,782 |
|
Children's Hospital of Wisconsin |
Milwaukee |
Wis. |
$872,923 |
|
TOTAL: |
$5,757,238 |
|
* To be distributed over three years. |
| Newborn Hearing
Screening and Intervention Program |
|
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
|
Alabama Department of Public Health |
Montgomery |
Ala. |
$150,000 |
|
Alaska Department of Health and Social Services |
Anchorage |
Alaska |
$150,000 |
|
Arizona Department of Health Services |
Phoenix |
Ariz. |
$149,931 |
|
University of Colorado |
Denver |
Colo. |
$150,000 |
|
District of Columbia Department of Health |
Washington |
D.C. |
$150,000 |
|
Georgia Department of Human Resources |
Atlanta |
Ga. |
$143,761 |
|
Hawaii Department of Health |
Honolulu |
Hawaii |
$150,000 |
|
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare |
Boise |
Idaho |
$144,635 |
|
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois |
Chicago |
Ill. |
$150,000 |
|
University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics |
Iowa
City |
Iowa |
$149,849 |
|
Kansas Department of Health and Environment |
Topeka |
Kan. |
$150,000 |
|
Comm. for Children with Special Health Care Needs |
Louisville |
Ky. |
$150,000 |
|
Louisiana Office of Public Health |
Metairie |
La. |
$150,000 |
|
Massachusetts Department of Public Health |
Boston |
Mass. |
$150,000 |
|
Michigan Department of Community Health |
Lansing |
Mich. |
$150,000 |
|
Minnesota Department of Health State Treasurer |
Saint
Paul |
Minn. |
$150,000 |
|
Mississippi Department of Health |
Jackson |
Miss. |
$150,000 |
|
Missouri Department of Health |
Jefferson
City |
Mo. |
$150,000 |
|
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services |
Helena |
Mont. |
$150,000 |
|
Nebraska Department of Health |
Lincoln |
Neb. |
$148,000 |
|
New Hampshire Department of Safety |
Concord |
N.H. |
$150,000 |
|
New Mexico Department of Health |
Santa
Fe |
N.M. |
$125,000 |
|
Health Research, Inc. |
Rensselaer |
N.Y. |
$150,000 |
|
State of North Carolina |
Raleigh |
N.C. |
$150,000 |
|
Minot State University |
Minot |
N.D. |
$150,000 |
|
Ohio Department of Health |
Columbus |
Ohio |
$150,000 |
|
Oklahoma Department of Health |
Oklahoma
City |
Okla. |
$150,000 |
|
Puerto Rico Department of Health |
San Juan |
P.R. |
$149,999 |
|
Rhode Island Department of Health |
Providence |
R.I. |
$128,946 |
|
Tennessee Department of Health |
Nashville |
Tenn. |
$150,000 |
|
Texas Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services |
Austin |
Texas |
$150,000 |
|
Utah Department of Health |
Salt
Lake City |
Utah |
$150,000 |
|
Vermont Agency for Human Services |
Burlington |
Vt. |
$150,000 |
|
Wisconsin Department of Health |
Madison |
Wis. |
$150,000 |
|
TOTAL: |
$5,040,122 |
| Maternal
and Child Health External Research (R-40) Program |
|
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount * |
|
Children’s Research Institute |
Washington |
D.C. |
$100,000 |
|
The Johns Hopkins University |
Baltimore |
Md. |
$100,000 |
|
Trustees of Boston University, BUMC |
Boston |
Mass. |
$91,500 |
|
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Chapel
Hill |
N.C. |
$100,000 |
|
Case Western Reserve University |
Cleveland |
Ohio |
$99,969 |
|
University of South Carolina Research Foundation |
Columbia |
S.C. |
$99,932 |
|
Vanderbilt University |
Nashville |
Tenn. |
$99,979 |
|
University of Washington |
Seattle |
Wash. |
$99,612 |
|
Seattle Indian Health Board Inc. |
Seattle |
Wash. |
$100,000 |
|
Marquette University |
Milwaukee |
Wis. |
$100,000 |
|
TOTAL: |
$990,992 |
|
* Single-year grants |
| Healthy Tomorrows
Partnership for Children Program |
|
Organization |
City |
State |
Amount |
|
Children's Clinic Serving Children and Their Families |
Long
Beach |
Calif. |
$50,000 |
|
Robert F. Kennedy Institute |
Wilmington |
Calif. |
$49,355 |
|
North Louisiana Area Health Education Center |
Bossier
City |
La. |
$50,000 |
|
Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center |
Las Vegas |
Nev. |
$50,000 |
|
Philadelphia Department of Public Health |
Philadelphia |
Pa. |
$50,000 |
|
Saint Thomas Health Services |
Nashville |
Tenn. |
$49,420 |
|
Child Health Investment Partnership of Roanoke Valley |
Roanoke |
Va. |
$35,555 |
|
Child and Adolescent Clinic |
Longview
|
Wash. |
$50,000 |
|
TOTAL: |
$384,330 |
For more information on HRSA's Maternal and Child Health programs,
visit www.mchb.hrsa.gov.
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The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), part of the
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the primary Federal
agency for improving access to health care services for people who are
uninsured, isolated, or medically vulnerable. HRSA also is responsible
for promoting and improving the health of our nation’s women, children
and families. For more information about HRSA and its programs, visit
www.hrsa.gov.
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